Tools for Zinsser Automated Platforms

Temperature Control

Temperature control is often a critical process for an automated method. Methods in chemistry and biology as well as sample preparation often rely on the ability to set and maintain either a heated or a cooled temperature, or to tightly control a temperature around ambient. Temperature control is often (but not always) combined with another function such as vortexing, stirring, or shaking. Zinsser offers a variety of tools for our automated liquid handlers that address these needs.

Below is a standard Zinsser heated vortexer. This high-performance chaotic-action vortexer can be programmed for both speed and temperature, with heating capabilities up to 250 deg C. It is commonly used for chemistry synthesis but can be used in other applications as well. It is compatible with Zinsser Desyre reaction blocks as well has other types of labware including tube racks. It includes automatically-actuated clamps to hold the labware in place during vortexing.

Below is the sister to the standard Zinsser heated vortexer, the cooling version. This high-performance chaotic-action vortexer can be programmed for both speed and temperature, with cooling capabilities down to -80 deg C via a connection to an external recirculating cooling bath. It is commonly used for chemistry synthesis but can be used in other applications as well. It is compatible with Zinsser Desyre reaction blocks as well has other types of labware including tube racks. It includes automatically-actuated clamps to hold the labware in place during vortexing.

Below is a deck-mounted cooling plate. This plate is connected to an external recirculating bath to allow cooling of labware or reservoirs down to as low as -80 deg C. Like all Zinsser temperature-controlled tools, it is machined from aluminum for the best possible heat transfer characteristics.

Below is another possibility for temperature control with mixing, via a hotplate combined with magnetic stirring. Each vial has a magnetic stir bar inside, and the stirring plate is connected to an external recirculating bath for temperature control.

As shown below, the Zinsser platform is also compatible with third party devices for temperature control, such as the Mecour product line.

For situations where the sample must be maintained at elevated temperature at all times, for example with highly concentrated salts that are subject to falling out of solution, it is also possible to install Zinsser heated liquid handling probes.

Zinsser automated liquid handling platforms are unique on the market because of the selection of high-performance tools that can be installed on the deck. The ability to select from this list of tools allows the user to configure a system that will fully automate the required application, whether it requires liquid handling, powder handling, weighing, heating, cooling, vortexing, pressurization, vacuum, or almost anything that can be imagined.